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Algorithmic wage discrimination: Not just for gig workers

zaterdag 6 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

What's in the box! No seriously, what's in there that sets our wages Interview  Algorithmic wage discrimination, as described in an academic paper last year by UC Irvine law professor Veena Dubal, involves "the use of granular data to produce unpred…

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Epic accuses Apple of foul play over iOS access, wants EU to show DMA red card

zaterdag 6 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

After button brouhaha, CEO rages Cupertino 'must be stopped' Apple has twice unfairly blocked Epic Games from opening its iOS app portal in the EU, the Fortnite maker claims, and thus is in violation of the continent's Digital Markets Act (DMA).…

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Devs claim Apple is banning VPNs in Russia 'more effectively' than Putin

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Mozilla shows guts with its extensions – but that's the way the Cook, he crumbles Updated  At least two VPNs are no longer available for Russian iPhone users, seemingly after the Kremlin's internet regulatory agency Roskomnadzor demanded Apple take …

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We've banned Chinese telco kit and drones. Next: Mountain bikes?

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

DJI builds a power pack for off-road two-wheelers Nations worried about China's ability to use its tech companies for more than trade now have a new class of kit to fret over: mountain bikes, thanks to Middle Kingdom drone-maker DJI's arrival in the…

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FCC: T-Mobile US unit gave blind customer the runaround in massive tech support fail

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Assurance Wireless must sort out accessibility after handing customer a phone without a screen reader In January 2021, Kenneth Geaniton, a blind consumer who subscribed to the Lifeline service provided by T-Mobile US offshoot Assurance Wireless, fou…

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Texas court blocks FTC noncompete ban, and you can blame SCOTUS

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

That was quick: Supremes' gutting of Chevron deference is already paying dividends Regulatory dominoes have begun to fall in the wake of the US Supreme Court's gutting of federal agency rulemaking authority, with the Federal Trade Commission's ban o…

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Cancer patient forced to make terrible decision after Qilin attack on London hospitals

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Skin-sparing mastectomy and breast reconstruction scrapped as result of ransomware at supplier Exclusive  The latest figures suggest that around 1,500 medical procedures have been canceled across some of London's biggest hospitals in the four weeks …

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Texas court blocks FTC noncompete ban, and you can blame SCOTUS

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

That was quick: Supremes' gutting of Chevron deference is already paying dividends Regulatory dominoes have begun to fall in the wake of the Supreme Court's gutting of federal agency rulemaking authority, with the Federal Trade Commission's ban on n…

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Nvidia forecast to bounce back in China to make $12B selling GPUs

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Company's sales in the region have dropped under US plan to curb country's AI hopes Nvidia is forecast to make $12 billion from selling GPUs into China this year despite US trade restrictions aimed at curbing Beijing's AI ambitions.…

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Paessler pulls subscription licensing switcheroo on PTRG Network Monitor

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Customers seek alternatives after claiming costs up from perpetual Exclusive  Fears that VMware's switch to subscription-based licensing would lead other vendors to follow suit may be coming true after Paessler confirmed to The Reg it has introduced…

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Latest Ghostscript vulnerability haunts experts as the next big breach enabler

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

There's also chatter about whether medium severity scare is actually code red nightmare Infosec circles are awash with chatter about a vulnerability in Ghostscript some experts believe could be the cause of several major breaches in the coming month…

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Labour wins race to lead UK, but few would envy the load in its tech in-tray

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Looming train wrecks face winning party after it promises investment and innovation Analysis  The United Kingdom woke up to the prospect of a new government this morning, but it faces old problems in tech projects, policy, and investment.…

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Oracle releases experimental next-gen kernel build

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

UEK-next is bleeding edge – unlike most CentOS-alikes Oracle's Linux engineers have released their build of kernel 6.9 for Oracle Linux – and they're already planning for 6.10 and beyond.…

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Europol says mobile roaming tech is making its job too hard

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Privacy measures apparently helping criminals evade capture Top Eurocops are appealing for help from lawmakers to undermine a privacy-enhancing technology (PET) they say is hampering criminal investigations – and it's not end-to-end encryption this …

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Innocent techie jailed for taking hours to fix storage

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Hello, hello … what have we here? One very dangerous storage admin, if I'm not mistaken On Call  As Friday rolls around, The Register knows many readers are a little fatigued. Which is why we use this day to bring a fresh instalment of On Call – the…

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Time Lords decree: No leap second needed in 2024

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, even if Earth is spinning out The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) announced on Thursday there will be no leap second added to 2024.…

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Good news: Samsung predicts prodigious profit pop

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Bad news: It's probably because you have to pay more for RAM Samsung Electronics has advised investors it is set to post bumper profits and notch a big jump in revenue for the quarter ended June 30.…

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Kindle sputters out: Amazon's e-readers couldn't download content for a day or more

vrijdag 5 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Support line reports 'high volume of contacts' about the problem Owners of Amazon's Kindle e-reader devices looking for something new to read may have had to pick up an actual book – the old-school kind, made of dead trees – for a day or so this wee…

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Meta training AI models on citizen data gets a hard não from Brazil

donderdag 4 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Zuckerborg's justification isn't good enough, says watchdog Updated  Meta's plan to expand its AI presence in South America has been hamstrung, with Brazilian officials today banning the Facebook parent company from using its citizens' data to train…

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Atos shuffles debt around as curtain call nears for restructuring saga

donderdag 4 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Investors will be hoping so anyway Crisis-prone IT services outfit Atos says it is among the top 11 percent of companies in the industry – at least when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks – as it reaches what many investor…

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Trouble in space as Boeing's not going, and China's back from the Moon

donderdag 4 juli 2024 inThe Register Headlines (Tech News)

Vultures chew over a busy few days in orbit with a transatlantic chat Kettle  It's been a busy time for space, with Boeing's test pilots stuck (at time of writing) on the International Space Station due to a faulty capsule, and then being forced to …

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